Pontcanna
Pontcanna is an inner-city district and community in the west of Cardiff, Wales. It is located adjacent to Canton, Cardiff. It is also located a short distance to the city centre, and its borders are approximately indicated by Western Avenue, the River Taff, Cowbridge Road East and Llandaff Road.Photo: Moochocoogle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Catherine’s Church and Kings Road Surgery.
St Catherine’s Church
Church
Photo: Ham II, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Catherine's Church, Canton is a listed Anglican church which serves the areas of Canton and Riverside in Cardiff, Wales. Originally a small hamlet in the parish of Llandaff, separate from Cardiff, Canton had seen drastic urbanisation and expansion as Cardiff industrialised during the 19th Century.
Kings Road Surgery
Doctor’s office
Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kings Road Surgery is a doctor’s office.
Millennium Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Clint Budd, CC BY 2.0.
The Millennium Stadium, known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it has a retractable roof and is the home of the Wales national rugby union team; it has also held Wales national football team games.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maindy and Castle Quarter.
Maindy
Suburb
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maindy is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. Its boundaries are not formally recognised by Cardiff Council, and the district falls within the Cathays ward and Gabalfa.
Castle Quarter
Quarter
Castle Quarter is an independent retail destination area in the north of the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. Castle is also a community of Cardiff. The listed Castle Quarter includes some of Cardiff's Victorian and Edwardian arcades: Castle Arcade, High Street Arcade and Duke Street Arcade, and principal shopping streets: St Mary Street, High Street, Castle Street and Duke Street.
Grangetown
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grangetown is a district and community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by Riverside, Canton and Butetown.
Pontcanna
- Type: Suburb with 6,140 residents
- Description: community and suburb in Cardiff, Wales
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Riverside, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48607° or 51° 29′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.1997° or 3° 11′ 59″ westPopulation
6,140Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C3RFRP2+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13502852443OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8581453Wikidata ID
Q7228084
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Pontcanna” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pontcanna”
- Cebuano: “Pontcanna”
- Chinese: “Pontcanna”
- French: “Pontcanna”
- Irish: “Pontcanna”
- Japanese: “ポントカナ”
- Slovenian: “Pontcanna”
- Swedish: “Pontcanna”
- Welsh: “Pontcanna”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Laundry Quarter and Canton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of God Cardiff and St Catherines Church Hall.
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